#AE45DE#AE45DE

#AE45DE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.229 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE45DE
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 222)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 68.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 65.54, -59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 88.43, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.1566 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.229 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7662, 18.5298, 70.9437)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE45DE #75DE45

analogous

#6145DE #AE45DE #DE45C2

triadic

#AE45DE #DEAE45 #45DEAE

tetradic

#AE45DE #DE6145 #75DE45 #45C2DE

square

#AE45DE #DE6145 #75DE45 #45C2DE

split-complementary

#AE45DE #C2DE45 #45DE61

monochromatic

#6A198F #9123C3 #AE45DE #C579E7 #DBADF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#AE45DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#AE45DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE45DE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE45DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE45DE	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9658D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae45de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.229 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca81e9',
    500: '#ae45de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae45de;
$custom-light: #ca81e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae45de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.176,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59895,
    "c": 0.22923,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE45DE

secondary

#B4DFA0

accent

#ED3B73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE45DE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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